Stall construction.



H. J. FERRIS.

STALL CONSTRUCTION,

APPLICATION FILED OCT-7,1916.

Patented Dec. 12,1916.

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UNTT ens ATEFT HOWARD J. FEREIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT, HELM, 'FERRIS & COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

STALL CONSTRUCTION.

Patented Dec. 12, 191%.

(Original application filed March 27, 1914, Serial No. 827,646. Renewed August 15, 1916, Serial No. 115,087.

Divided and this application filed October *7, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD J. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stall Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in stall constructions and is fully described and explained in the specification and shown in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a broken elevational view of such parts of a stall construction as are necessary to understand the present invention; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 a section on line 3 of Fig. 1.

The present invention is a division of my copending application, Serial Number 827,646, filed March 27, 1914.

As conducive to a clearer understanding of the present invention and the objects sought to be accomplished thereby, it may be stated by way of introduction that in recent years it has become the practice to make up cattle stalls indifierent sizes and to sell them in units, it being possible to produce as many stalls as are desired and erect them in series in any desired length. These stalls are customarily made in three different widths and in accordance with the practice which has heretofore prevailed, the user has had to plan in advance how many stalls he desires to use and of what sizes in order to place in the concrete of the barn floor and in the curb the necessary attaching means to receive the stalls ultimately used. While it has not been necessary to purchase all of the stalls in advance, it has heretofore been necessary to plan all of them in advance and place the necessary anchors in the proper places. Furthermore, in order to facilitate proper erection the stall manufacturers have found it necessary" to supply the parts to be used in properly positioning the anchors. In common forms of stall constructions the anchors have been bolts set in the curb and barn floor. Two bolts were required in the curb at each side of each stall and the two bolts of each pair had to be spaced from each other the requisite distance to cooperate with the perforations in that part of the stall construction which they were to receive and the parts had to be Serial No. 124,239.

spaced apart the width of the desired stall. As the result, manufacturers have supplied the bolts fastened in place in metal templets the width of the curb and the templets were nalled in place on the wooden curb molds before the concrete was poured therein. In addition to the templets which hold each pa1r of bolts it was necessary to supply one longltudinal templet for each length of stall which was going to be built in order that by their use the separate pairs of bolts might be properly spaced. One purchaser therefore received as many transverse templets as he had stalls plus one and as many longitudinal templets in addition as he intended to erect widths of stalls. The cost of these templets and assembling of bolts therewith before shipping has been very considerable. In addition the local dealer found it exceedingly difficult to maintain his stock of longitudinal templets so as to have enough of each kind at the end of the season.

One of the objects of the present invention is to dispense entirely with the use of these templets which have heretofore been necessary and furthermore to provide a type of construction which can be added to from time to time as required without any necessity of planning in advance of what the widths of the stalls are to be.

A further object is to provide a stall con struotion which will materially reduce the cost of manufacture and installation and one which will be exceedingly simple and practical in construction.

A further object is to provide a stall of the first above-mentioned character in which it is possible to change from wide to narrow stalls or vice versa at any time after the structure is completed. The present inven tion will therefore be described with relation to the adjustability of the stall frame construction members as shown in the accompanying drawings.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and more particularly to Fig. 1, 5 denotes a curb such as is usually constructed along the front end of the series of stalls and from which the stall frames are supported. Mounted upon the upper surface of this curb is a bar or pipe 6 having anchors 7 at intervals along its length adapted to be secured in the concrete curb during its construction. Upon this bar is mounted uprights 8 provided at their lower end with readily detachable clamps adapted to grip the bar 6 on tightening of a bolt member 11. These uprights 8 are parts of the usual stall frame construction and are adapted to coact with the side partition members (not shown). to separate one stall from another when such partition members are desired. These uprights are connected at their upper ends in any desired manner known to those familiar with the art. Intermediate the uprights 8 and supported from the clamps 10 are lower transversemembers 12 which support and carry frame members 13 supporting and carrying the usual stanchion 14.

It will be seen from the above that the entire stall front is adjustable with the uprights 8 longitudinally along the curb by simply loosening the bolts 11. The transverse or fore and after adjustment of the stall frame may be also accomplished by means of supports 16 as covered by my prior patents.

I am aware that considerable variation is possible from the details 'of construction described and the extent to which the structure may be modified and still preserve'its principle. It is applicable to stalls where the frame front is made adjustable transversely to thecurb .and to those in which it is not. It is also applicable with very slight modification to these forms of stalls provided with partitions. These several types of stalls are 7 common in the art and the invention has no 35 necessary relation thereto, although when the partitions are used it is convenient to provide for their adjustmentin the manner shown in my above-referred to copending application. Thus, in view of the great changes which may be made without dep art ing from the spirit of my invention, it will be evident that I do not intend to limit myself to the specified form herein shown, ex-

Oopies tr this patent may be obtained for eept as pointed out in the following claims, in which it is my intention to set forth all the novelty inherent in the structure described as broadly as is permitted by the state of the art.

I claim:

1. In stable equipment, in combinatimi, a stationary concrete curb, a metallic fastening way elevated above the surface of said curb and permanently anchored thereto and lying longitudinally thereof, and a series of stalls comprising a stanchionsupporting frame and end members, said end members being clamped to said way and adjustable along the same whereby the width of the stalls may be varied with relation to each other and to the length of said curb.

2. In stable equipment, in combinatitm, a stationary concrete curb, a fastening way in the form of a pipe elevated above the surface of the curb and permanently anchored there to and lying longitudinally thereof, and a stall frame structure capable of being bodily adjusted along said ivay and comprising a stanchien-supporting frame and stall-frame parts, the latter clamped to said pipe and longitudinally adjustable along the same and adapted to be secured thereto or removed therefrom without moving said pipe.

In stable equipment, in combination, a stationary concrete curb, a metallic fastening way elevated above the surface of the curb and permanently anchored thereto and lying longitudinally thereof, and a stall frame structure capable of being bodily adjusted. along said way and comprising a stanchion-supporting frame and stall-frame parts, the latter clamped to said way and longitudinally adjustable along the same and adapted to be secured thereto or removed therefrom without moving said way.

HOWARD J. FERRIS.

Washington, D. G. 

